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Dear America - S1 - E7
A young African-American girl moves north with her family to Chicago -- the land of opportunity -- hoping to escape the racism of the rural south.
Dear America: Season 1 - 9 Episode s
1x1 - A Picture of Freedom
March 14, 1999
In the pre-Civil War South, a young slave girl secretly learns how to read and write. She determines to help and teach other slaves.
1x2 - Dreams in the Golden Country
April 1, 1999
A Russian Jewish immigrant girl lives with her family in a tenement on the Lower East Side. She strives to learn English and pursue her dream of acting.
1x3 - A Journey to the New World
May 6, 1999
Mem, a 12-year-old Pilgrim, has just arrived in the New World. With the help of an American Indian, she endures her first year at Plymouth Colony.
1x4 - Standing in the Light
September 12, 1999
A young Quaker girl captured by an Indian tribe falls in love with a handsome warrior and wonders if she will be able to return to her old life.
1x5 - So Far From Home
October 2, 1999
Mary, a teenage immigrant from Ireland, finds that working in a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts is not what she'd envisioned as new life in America.
1x6 - The Winter of Red Snow
November 6, 1999
During the Revolutionary War, young Abby Stewart befriends Martha Washington and helps Revolutionary soldiers in Valley Forge, PA.
1x7 - Color Me Dark
February 7, 2000
A young African-American girl moves north with her family to Chicago -- the land of opportunity -- hoping to escape the racism of the rural south.
1x8 - A Line in the Sand
April 10, 2000
In this fictional account of Texan history, a young pioneer girl writes in her diary of the fight for freedom against the Mexicans.
1x9 - When Will This Cruel War Be Over?
July 5, 2000
Living in the Confederate South during the Civil War, a young Confederate girl faces a dilemma when a Union soldier is injured at her doorstep.